UPDATE: Adam McKay Bows Out of ANT-MAN Talks

Well, this is disappointing. Less than 24 hours after negotiations between Marvel Studios and Adam McKay began, The Other Guys director has had a sudden change of heart about directing Ant-Man

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By DCMarvelFreshman - 5/31/2014

Just a few hours ago, it seemed that Marvel Studios had a new Ant-Man director in Anchorman helmer Adam McKay, who reportedly began talks with the studio yesterday. Reports had even said that McKay was "eager" to takeover the director's chair after Edgar Wright unexpectedly abondoned the project last week. Now, The Hollywood Reporter and other reliable sources reveal that those negotiations have since ended, and McKay has, too, decided against directing the 2015 Marvel adaptation. "The decision is said to be his alone," said mutiple sources. Before he had emerged as the frontrunner to nab the last-minute gig, Adam McKay was also said to be in contention with We're the Millers director Rawson Marshall Thurber and Zombieland's Ruben Fleischer. Therefore, Marvel Studios is expected to meet with the two and, hopefully, announce one or other... shortly.

And yes, met w/Marvel. Kirby & Lee r my Lennon Mccartney so it was awesome. But have other projects I'm committed to. Not sure it can work.

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Just give Ant-Man a One-Shot or just make it into a Netflix series...They might have to settle with what Wright was going to do if they can't find anyone else. It would be cool if they had Brad Bird to help out but it's possible he'll be working on Incredibles 2 sooner than soon...

My brotha @DCMarvelFreshman will give that gloss to the article soon. Almost everything he posts on this site is solid so yeah, there's no BS in this post. Marvel has to get out of their feelings and just role with what was already in their face for what? 6-7 years??